WASCON 2012 Conference program
- towards effective, durable and sustainable production
and use of alternative materials in construction
Opening lectures
- Integrated evaluation of the performance of construction products with respect to European regulations
Rein Eikelboom, Ministry of Infrastructure and the Environment, the Netherlands
- Risk communication - a tool for acceptance?
Misse Wester, School of Architecture and the Built Environment, ABE, at the Royal Inst of Technology, Sweden
Conference topics
1. New alternative products and production methods
2. Leaching tests: harmonization, validation, standardization, application
3. Technical properties + Quality control
4. Environmental impact. Life cycle and risk analysis
5. Durability, aging and long-term performance (.pdf)
6. Case studies and demonstration projects (.pdf)
7. Cradle-to-cradle (.pdf)
8. Policies, legal incentives and barriers to recycling (.pdf)
List of sessions and presentations (.pdf)
Conference schedule (.pdf)
ISCOWA members´meeting
The next ISCOWA members' meeting will be held on the evening before the conference, 29 May 2012
